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"419" Scam – Advance Fee / Fake Lottery Scam

The so-called "419" scam is a type of fraud dominated by criminals from Nigeria and other countries in Africa. Victims of the scam are promised a large amount of money, such as a lottery prize, inheritance, money sitting in some bank account, etc.

Victims never receive this non-existent fortune but are tricked into sending their money to the criminals, who remain anonymous. They hide their real identity and location by using fake names and fake postal addresses as well as communicating via anonymous free email accounts and mobile phones.

Keep in mind that scammers DO NOT use their real names when defrauding people.
The criminals either abuse names of real people or companies or invent names or addresses.
Any real people or companies mentioned below have NO CONNECTION to the scammers!

Read more about such scams here or in our 419 FAQ. Use the Scam-O-Matic to verify suspect emails.

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Some comments by the Scam-O-Matic about the following email:

Fraud email example:

From: "nas wada" <wada110@hotmail.com>
Reply-To: adams22i@excite.com
Date: Wed, 11 Oct 2006 13:11:40 -0400
Subject: GOOD DAY (PRIVATE BUSINESS PROPOSAL)

Dear Sir/Madam,

APPEAL FOR ASSISTANCE TO CLAIM THE SUM OF
US$45,000,000.00 AND LODGE IN SAFE BANK ACCOUNT, ON
BEHALF OF MY FAMILY.

I greet you in the name of our God Almighty.
My name is Dr. Adams Wada Nas . a dentist and the eldest son
of the currently detained Chief of Army staff, General Wada Nas
(Rtd) during the past Military Administration of late
General Sanni Abacha and General Abdusalam Abubakar respectively.

I gain access into your e-mail account in my view of searching
for a trust worthy and reliable personality through the Internet.

At the moment my father is facing trail and is being kept under serious
surveillance by the present civilian government. The reason why I am now
reaching out to you is because my dad has instructed me to source for a
trustworthy and reliable foreigner who can assist us to claim the sum of
US$45,000,000.00. and keep in a safe account on his behalf.

These funds had been secretly withdrawn into the safe of a security company
overseas.
This is because my dad does not want these funds to be traced to him or any
member of our family because of his present predicament. More so, the
present
civilian administration is mostly occupied by the political rivals of my
dad,
who likely want the downfall of our entire family. Presently some of our
properties have been seized and both my dad local and offshore accounts have
been frozen.

What I need from you now is to assist me and my family in claiming these
funds
from the security company overseas on behalf of my father. Your interest for
assisting us and acting, as my father foreign partner and sponsorer will be
25% of the total sum to be claimed. You will also be coordinating any
future
investments we may decide to carry out overseas on behalf of our family.
Automatically you will be the family fiduciary agent and foreign partner.

I will be delighted, if you treat this business as confidential and urgent.

Please on no account should you discuss this business with any third party,
as you, my dad, the family were the only people having knowledge of these
funds.
I want to assure you that this business is 100% risk free. It does not
connect to Taliban/ Terrorist financial matters or drug/money laundry
affairs.
It is absolutely money kept offshore by my
dad for business and family use after his retirement from Nigeria Army
service.

Please don’t hesitate to get back to me urgently whether you are interested
to assist or not.you onon this acount(wada-nas@excite.com)

I will be obliged for your anticipated co-operation and assistance.

Awaiting your urgent response.
Yours truly,

Dr. Adama Wada Nas

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